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Detection of genes influencing economic traits in three French dairy cattle breeds.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 1 Jan 2000
Boichard Didier, Grohs Cécile, Bourgeois Florence, Cerqueira Frédérique, Faugeras Rémi, Neau André, Rupp Rachel, Amigues Yves, Boscher Marie Yvonne, Levéziel Hubert
Abstract excerpt
A project of QTL detection was carried out in the French Holstein, Normande, and Montbéliarde dairy cattle breeds. This granddaughter design included 1 548 artificial insemination bulls distributed in 14 sire families and evaluated after a progeny-test for 24 traits (production, milk composition, persistency, type, fertility, mastitis resistance, and milking ease). These bulls were also genotyped for 169 genetic...
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